Black Lives Matter Shuts Down Rap/Yoga Class

posted by Bill Strange -
1 week ago

A yoga studio in Sacramento, California is cancelling a blended yoga and rap class after a protest from a local Black Lives Matter chapter. The chapter protested outside Solfire Yoga Saturday arguing that a white woman using rap music to teach yoga amounts to cultural appropriation. Tanya Faison, Sacramento BLM founder, said rap is traditionally a way for black people to talk about their pain and the group is just trying to get the studio to acknowledge what they're doing and be accountable.